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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1430425/posts
Russia: Militants tried to steal nukes
UPI ^ | 6/24/05
Posted on 06/25/2005 7:14:05 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter
MOSCOW, Russia (UPI) -- Russia`s head of nuclear arsenal safety says terrorists, whom others say were Chechen militants, have tried twice to steal nuclear weapons.
Col. Gen. Igor Valynkin said the thieves had tried in 2002 and 2003 to break into nuclear warhead warehouses, Britain`s Independent newspaper reported.
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From this search, it would appear that the breakins are almost common.
I don't have any idea where i was reading a few days ago, an old report, that talked of the unsecured weapons all over Russia, when/ after the wall fell.
As I recall, America gave Russia the money to pick them up and store them safely.
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=break%20into%20nuclear%20warhead%20warehouses